First gen. BMW X5

I live in that place, and I do indeed not need car, and therefore don't have one at the moment.

Or evil german music rights organisation GEMA

Current base model Elise 1.6 on the EU combined cycle: 45 mpg (imperial = 37 mpg US = 6.2 l/100km)

Which is still laughable, given that Ford's new bread-and-butter petrol Focus does 56.5mpg (imperial)

That's very nice.

You should try even further back 'then': pre-war advertising seem to have boiled down to: feature claim + engineering lecture to back it up.

I was thinking panthers would figure, and the jeep ought to be in there too. I was also thinking Volvo 700/900 series- though they're heading to antique status fast.

Renault Twizy

Headbutted five year old or no, I've got a new-found respect for '90s Cadillacs.

Which reminds of a good #QOTD: what is the most wrenchable, recent car? (where recent = made in the past 20 years)

In terms of smiles per gallon, the plain Elise should walk it, IMHO:

Hmm. Don't think it's a good idea on an intersection like that. A humped bridge in a quiet straight road is a different matter.

yes, please, Toyoda-san

That's how little Jalops are raised!

well worth a #COTD in its own right

Very authentic; those HY based food vans stood in every other village in continental Europe until the '80s.

Ah, thank you. I clearly hadn't thought this through; if you serially connect gearboxes, number 2 will just amplify number 1, just like hi/lo in a proper off-roader.

in other words: that this is, in fact, yourgrandfather's Buick.

I was about to say that the red - black combination doesn't look bad.